Aluna’s POVI felt it before I saw it.The shift. Not in the room. In him. Dalton’s energy wavered suddenly like something inside him had snapped under pressure, and the next second his posture changed completely, his hand tightening briefly at his side before his knees gave way.“Dalton,” I said instantly, stepping forward.But James was faster.He caught him before he hit the ground, lowering him carefully while calling his name sharply.“Dalton, stay with me!”The council room erupted into motion immediately, voices overlapping, chairs scraping, guards moving in closer, but none of it reached me properly anymore.Because I already knew what this was. The mark. The witch. It had escalated again. Dalton’s breathing was uneven, his jaw tight like he was fighting something no one else could see, and even from where I stood I could feel the pressure radiating off him in waves.Selene rose instantly inside me. It’s deeper now.I swallowed hard. “I can feel it.”James looked up at me shar
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